Improvement in bag-fasteners



H. REDDEN.

BAG-FASTENER...

No. 188,673. Patented March 20,1877.

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HENRY BEDDEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO ANDREW M. UNDER- HILL, OFSAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BAG-FASTENERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 188,673, dated March20, 1877; application filed November 25, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY REDDEN, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bags, of which thefollowing is a specification:

Figure 1 is a top perspective view of the upper part of a bag, to whichmy improvement has been applied, the bag being shown with its mouthopen. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, the bag being shown with itsmouth closed, one of its strings tied, and the other untied. Fig. 3 isacross-section of the same, taken through the line a: m, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to improve the construction of the bagfor which Letters Patent No. 17 7,7 49, were granted May 23, 1876, insuch a way that its contents may be discharged readily and quickly, andwhich, when tied, will prevent any leakage of its contents.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawing,and then pointed out in the claim.

A is the body of the bag, in the mouth of which, at a little distancefrom the edges of its opposite sides and beneath the hem a, b, arepermanently sewed the inner edges of two flaps, B, which are entirelyseparate from each other.

When the bag has been filled, the outer edges of thetwo flaps B arebrought together, and the said flaps are rolled together within themouth of the bag, as shown in Fig. 3, or the said flaps may be pressedloosely into the mouth of the bag, if desired. The mouth of the bag isthen drawn together over the flaps B by the cords or strings O. The endsof the cords O are secured to the edges of the mouth of the bag A uponthe opposite sides of, and at a little distance from, its center. Thestrings G are then passed over the mouth of the bag in through its otherside, along the edge, and out at a little distance from the ends of saidedges.

The strings 0 should have knots formed upon their outer ends to preventthem from being drawn in. After the strings 0 have been drawn tight overthe flaps B, their ends are passed around the corners of the bag andtied, so as to secure them, and at the same time form lugs a forconvenience in handling the bags.

With this construction, by loosening the strings O, the bag may beemptied with as much facility as if there were no flaps attached to itsmouth, the said flaps oiiering no obstruction to the outflow of thecontents of the bags.

I am aware that it is not new to use on one side of a bag an inturnedflap secured by a double hook; but

What 1 claim is- A grain-bag provided with apertured hem a b, foldingaprons B, and running cords G, the apron being fastened on the insidenear inner edge of hem, while the cord runs parallel to hem, as shownand described, to allow the bag to be fastened quickly without sewing,and opened without cutting.

HENRY REDDEN. Witnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, G. SEDGWIOK.

